The Early Pleistocene development of the Gediz River, Western Turkey: An uplift-driven, climate-controlled system?

MADDY D., Demir T., Bridgland D. R., VELDKAMP A., STEMERDINK C., VAN DER SCHRIEK T., ...Daha Fazla

QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, cilt.189, ss.115-128, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 189
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.045
  • Dergi Adı: QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.115-128
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This paper reports the latest details from an on-going investigation of the Early Pleistocene buried river terrace sequence of the Gediz River similar to 40 km upstream of the Alasehir graben in the Kula volcanic province, Western Turkey. Using clast lithology to characterise sediment provenance, we demonstrate that the buried Early Pleistocene terrace sequence of the palaeo-Gediz is overlain by the deposits of two carbonate-rich, northerly-derived, tributary systems. The surface form of these carbonate-rich deposits suggests deposition on alluvial fans, an interpretation supported by limited palaeocurrent data and upwards-coarsening sequences, suggesting fan progradation.